Thomas S. Monson
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
You become what you think about.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
I am the captain of my soul.
If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying. Because it was he, because it was me.
Bring out the gimp.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Believe in yourself.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
I know you are, but what am I ?
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
It's always too soon to quit !
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
It's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone, when your heart still does.
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
The only reason I would take up jogging would be to hear heavy breathing again.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
I am big ! It's the pictures that got small.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
I like to watch.
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
My heart is ever at your service.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.